[asterisk-users] 7 points of comparison Polycom 430/501 andAastra480i. Which one to choose ?

[C F]

>From what I heard:
Aastra is coming out with a few new phones 53i, 55i, and 57i and sidecar

On 1/24/07, Lee Archer <lee.archer at pentagon-systems.com> wrote:
> Aren't Aastra due to release new phones and some form of
> operator/reception addon?  The Aastra user/admin guides are a lot more
> up2date that they used to be.  I'd like Aastra to add a GSM codec to
> their phone and have a more regular firmware release schedule.  I agree
> with the list below though that Polycom does have a better line up
> currently, and especially point 7 - when rebooting the phone please
> don't drop the network ports.
>
> Regards
>
> Lee
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michelle
> Dupuis
> Sent: 23 January 2007 02:44
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] 7 points of comparison Polycom 430/501
> andAastra480i. Which one to choose ?
>
> Here are another $0.02
>
> We too have put in a lot of polycoms and aastras.  I agree with a lot of
> what you noted below...but there are two big strikes against aastra:
>
> 1.  Firmware bugs.  Even some basic functions of the 480i are
> unusable/unstable due to firmware bugs.  The word from support is always
> "wait for the next firmware"
> 2.  Poor documentation.  Their documentation is out of date and lacking
> a LOT of critical functions.  (eg: Try to setup a hold button on the
> wireless handset using a config file)
>
> We're steering more customers towards polycom now.
>
> MD
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of C F
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:36 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] 7 points of comparison Polycom 430/501
> andAastra 480i. Which one to choose ?
>
> With over 300 Polycoms, and around 80 Aastra 480i under my belt here is
> my $0.02.
> 1. Sound quality, Polycom wins but the Aastra has excellent sound
> quality as well.
> 2. Complete product line, Polycom wins.
> 3. Cordless Aastra, although it's not the best cordless.
> 4. Backlit, Aastra
> 5. PoE, Aastra
> 6. Speakerphone, they both have good speaker phones. Although in general
> the answer to 1 goes here as well.
> 7. They both have 2 network ports, but I havnt' done any tests on the
> speed, I did however notice that when restarting the phone, the Polycom
> will not shut the network ports down, while the Aastra will.
>
> On another note, in general the Polycoms give me less problems. The
> Aastras are not yet that stable. See my next post to the list.
>
> On 1/22/07, Bruce Reeves <asterisk at nortex-networks.com> wrote:
> > Your list seems to lean heavily to the Aastra, while I choose the
> > Polycom
> > 501/601 over the Aastra, I did like the unit I tested and the
> > cordless. In the end the fact that most of the people using the phones
>
> > would use the speaker phone, Polycom and their history of conference
> > phones made the choice. We rolled 75 phones at one site and another 30
>
> > now at remote locations. As far a a receptionist phone, we choose to
> > use a software operator panel instead of a phone that took up most of
> > the desk, there were initial concerns but the results have been
> > excellent. If you have not already done so grab a few people from
> > different parts of the office and have them give their 2 cents, it
> > will help to have their perspectives on the quality and feel of the
> phones.
> >
> >
> > On 1/22/07, Vikas <topgun9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I need to provide a 80 people office with VOIP.
> > >
> > > I want to commit to one vendor Polycom or Aastra. Price of the
> > > phones is not a factor in the decision. The quality of the phones is
>
> > > the factor.
> > >
> > > Some of the features that I am evaluating on are: (arranged in order
>
> > > of priority) 1. Sound quality 2. complete product line with
> > > conference phone and receptionist phone (not on Aastra) 3. cordless
> > > (not on 501/430) 4. backlit LCD (not on 501/430) 5. Inbuilt POE (not
>
> > > on 501) 6. speaker phone 7. 2 network ports.
> > >
> > > Which one will you choose ?
> > >
> > > Vikas
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